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l @uiten tat-rs geirrt @fitter Letters Patent No. 75,763, dated March `2dr, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES Een PEEPAEiNG PEAI.

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' Be it known that I, CHARLES W. INGLIS, of Iaterson, in the county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines: for Preparing Peat; and I do hereby declare that they following is a full and exa'ct description thereof.

My improved machine is adapted torche treatment ofv peat in a green, or in a partially-dried state. It mixes and grinds the material in a plastic state, and crowds it through arectangular former, by a novel construction and arrangement of mechanism.V The material is subsequently cut into convenient pieces, by hand or otherwise, and may be dried and used inthat form, or it may loe-subsequently treated in any approved manner.A

It will, of4 course, be understood that'coal-dust, or any other desired material,` may be mixed with the peat in thc course of the treatment, if preferred. 1

.I' will proceed to describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention. The accompanying drawings forma part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a. longitudinal vertical section,` and Figure2 a plan view of the entire machine. Y

4Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures. 4

A is the framework of the machine; B is the hopper, having i small pins or teeth, as indicated by 6; C is a revolving drum, having teeth on its cylindrical surface, asindicat'ed by e. The peatis thrown intothe hoppcr It is thrown down in 'a continuous or-y B, and is mixed and ground by being treated between the teethb and c. nearly continuous stream lor sheet. i n

.A1 is a fixed casing, which forms the upper boundary ofthe rectangular space M, through which the plastic peat is pushed at intervals by the reciprocating Crowder D. This Crowder is flat, and is moved backward and forward on the table or flat'extended surface beneath, being actuated by the crank E, driven by steam or other convenient power, the connection of whichr to the crow-der is very plainly indicated by the drawings. kThe connecting-rod F, leading to a cross-head,`G, imparts'motion to the crowder D by means of `the stil? rod oZ. I

H is a scraper, which effectuallypremoves all the plastic material which is thrown down upon the crowdor during its forward movement. At cach movement of the crowder'it urges forward the plastic material in liront of'it, forcing it und-er the casing A1, compelling the matter previously pressed in the space M forwardI in the enlarged space. At each backward movement of the Crowder D, the material received on its upper surface in the interval, is removed by the scraper H, and this, with the.additionalmate'rial poured down diiring'the'period, e

is forced forward at the next return ot' the Crowder.

I is a rotating cutter, which divides the peat after it has been moulded, by passing through the space M. The cutter can ce varied indefinitely, and each variation will vary the form or proportions ol the masses thereby out. The cuttingr may,if preferred, be effected by a mechanism analogous to that employed in cracker-machines, or there maybe a. cross-reciprocating or even a cross-rotating motion of the cutters. There may he, if preferred, an endless apron, toreceive the peut afterV it has been moulded in the space M. This apron may he carried forward by an'intermediate motionreccivcd through gearing o'r thelike, correspondingY nearly or exactly with the forward motion of the peut through the sp'aeevM; or the driving-mechanism may, with proper arrangements of the parts, be dispensed with, and the 'endless apron may be put forward'with its load, by the force,

simply, of the current of 'p cat issuing through the space M.

I have tested my machine with much success, and believethat-it contains the important objects, in such mechanism,'of cheapness, simplicity, and 4very great eili'eieney. l

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new in machines adapted for treating pent, and

desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. I claim the reciprocating Crowder D, scraper Il, and passa-ge M, arranged relatively to the mill A a,

B or its equivalent, substantially in thc manner and so as to operate as herein set forth.

2. I claim the cutter I,passagc M, reciprocating Crowder DQILnd mill A, combined and arranged' as td dl "bl. ne1cin1cp1csene an tesori ce C. W- INGLS.

Witnesses: i

W. C. Der, C. C. Lrvrscs. 

